Everything else—the CBO score [the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate], the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.
JD Vance: “Everything else—the CBO score [the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate], the proper baseline, the minutiae of the…”
On the recordJuly 1, 2025
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Vance defends the Trump tax bill's immigration provisions over concerns about Medicaid policy.
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